ERIC Number: EJ989156
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
Pages: 9
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The Acceptability of Treatments for Depression to a Community Sample of Adolescent Girls
Caporino, Nicole E.; Karver, Marc S.
Journal of Adolescence, v35 n5 p1237-1245 Oct 2012
An efficacious treatment is diminished in value if consumers do not seek it out and adhere to it, making treatment acceptability an important predictor of the effectiveness of treatment. This study examined the acceptability of treatments for depression to 67 female high school students. All participants read a vignette describing a depressed adolescent and rated the acceptability of four single treatments for depression (cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, family therapy, and pharmacotherapy) and three treatment combinations. Psychotherapy approaches were generally more acceptable to adolescents than combinations of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy; and, pharmacotherapy used alone was not acceptable. For interpersonal therapy and family therapy only, treatment acceptability was related to perceived causes of depression. Across all treatments, acceptability was not associated with symptom severity. Implications for increasing the utilization of mental health services in this population are discussed. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Health Services, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Mental Health Programs, Family Counseling, Females, Adolescents, Outcomes of Treatment, Vignettes, High School Students, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Severity (of Disability), Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Correlation, Drug Therapy
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